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The aspiration of the Media Review Network is to dispel the myths and stereotypes about Islam and Muslims and to foster bridges of understanding among the diverse people of our country. The Media Review Network believes that Muslim perspectives on issues impacting on South Africans are a prerequisite to a better appreciation of Islam.

World urged to take note of Indian terrorism in ihk

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

(source: Kashmir Media Service)

In Geneva, a Kashmiri delegation urged the international community to take note of the current human rights situation in occupied Kashmir where Indian troops and police personnel were committing genocide of Kashmiris.

The delegation urged the council to hold an urgent debate on the situation and impress upon Indian to allow the United Nations special repporteurs, special representatives and working groups to visit the territory and investigate the human rights violations perpetuated by the Indian army and paramilitary troops.

Altaf Hussain Wani, while addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council, said that besides killing over hundred thousand innocent people of all ages during the last two decades, rape, extra judicial killings, arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances and harassment was order of the day.

Kashmiris should be given right to decide their destiny

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

(source: Kashmir Media Service)

The Jamaat-e-Islami of occupied Kashmir, while describing the visit of Indian All-Party delegation to Srinagar as meaningless, has said that Kashmiris should be given right to decide their political future in a free atmosphere.

The spokesman of Jamaat-e-Islami in a statement issued in Srinagar said that all the pro-India parties and their leaders were already well aware of the ground situation in the occupied territory but were turning a blind eye to it.

He said that besides committing gross human rights violations, India had also imposed ban on freedom of local press so that the world could not know about the real situation of occupied Kashmir.

The spokesman said that giving right to self-determination to Kashmiris was a pre-requisite for maintaining peace in Jammu and Kashmir, in particular, and, South Asia, in general. Read More »Kashmiris should be given right to decide their destiny

Press statement

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

The Media Review Network’s Open Response to
an Open Letter from the “Embassy of the State of Palestine ”

By Firoz Osman – Secretary General, Media Review Network

In any international competition, to determine the world’s worst deceiver and hypocrite, there can only be one winner. We also know who the runner-up will be.

The “State of Palestine” is headed by the discredited Mahmood Abbas, who is in “power” as a result of a plot cooked up in the White House by George W Bush, Condoleezza Rice and Elliot Abrams. They supported Muhammed Dahlan, the Fatah strongman who led an insurgency against Hamas, after the latter won the most free and fair elections in January of 2006. The admission “that the Israeli occupation is the biggest problem in our search for freedom and independence” and then to negotiate the surrender of more Palestinian land for peace is sanctimonious and hypocritical and should not be left unchallenged.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) supported only by the Fatah faction of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, does not have a mandate to speak on behalf of the people of Palestine . Consequently, its “embassy” in South Africa must be called to order if it purports to represent the Palestinians. Their call for South Africans to support the struggle of the Palestinians can only be described as hollow and insincere. It would be moral and appropriate for the PA to cut ties with the Zionist entity and to join forces with the legitimately elected representatives of the people, before calling for any support from South Africa . The South Africans will never betray the sensitivities of the Palestinian people.

The Media Review Network makes a clear distinction between support for the Palestinian people and surrendering their legitimate rights. Our commitment and resolve to free Palestine remains untainted and must not be confused with the current negotiations between the PA and the Zionist entity, which can only have disastrous consequences for the cause. Most Palestinian activists, scholars, journalists and academics have warned against the role of the weak PA who will deceive the Palestinians.

Bill clinton claims russian immigrants obstacle to peace

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

(source: Jerusalem Post)

Netanyahu expresses regret over comments made in ‘Foreign Policy’ report; Yisrael Beitenu, Natan Sharansky heavily criticize claims.

Russian immigrants in Israel could be one of the main obstacles to achieving peace with the Palestinians, Bill Clinton told reporters in New York on Tuesday, according to Foreign Policy magazine.

The former US president reportedly said that children of immigrants who serve in the IDF have difficulties imagining any division of land that may in the future be part of a peace agreement. Clinton highlighted that the large numbers of Russian immigrants and settlers serving in the IDF could make it difficult for the army to confront settlers if this was required and feared this could cause problems in the future, according to the report. The people who are most opposed to dividing the land are the settlers and the Russians, the former president noted, and an increasing number of people serving in the army are children of these groups.